Transcontinental Air Transport

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Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) was an American company founded in 1928 that pioneered coast-to-coast air service. In 1930, TAT merged with divisions of Western Air Express to form Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). TWA, initially known as Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. until 1950, inaugurated coast-to-coast passenger service in 1930, with a journey from Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles taking 36 hours and including a stop in Kansas City, Missouri. This marked a significant step in the development of transcontinental air travel in the United States.12

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…Air Express (founded 1925) and Transcontinental Air Transport (founded 1928). Western Air Express had flown both mail and passengers in its first year of service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, Utah (1926), and in 1930 TWA inaugurated coast-to-coast service—Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles in 36 hours with…
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…Air Express (founded 1925) and Transcontinental Air Transport (founded 1928). Western Air Express had flown both mail and passengers in its first year of service between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, Utah (1926), and in 1930 TWA inaugurated coast-to-coast service—Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles in 36 hours with…
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